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Pears and Plums ; Lettuces, Bath or Brown Cos, Hick's Hardy 

 White ; Xanthoceras sorbifolium. 



Observations — There are many trees and shrubs which to all 

 outward appearance were quite dead, but which are now pushing well 

 back from the old hard wood. One very remarkable instance is 

 Photinia serrulata. The greatest mortality appears to be among the 

 lower growing kinds of shrubs. But many of them also are pushing 

 close to the ground. Arbutus Unedo, Buddleias, Escallonias are 

 among the most hopeless; while Euonymus, Ligustrums, Osman- 

 thus &c. are now showing signs of life. 



7. Gloucester, Hardwicke Court. — T. L. B. Baker, Esq. 



Alt. and Exposure - Situate on a low flat, a little above the 

 Severn, and especially subject to injury by frost. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Gloucester, alt., 39 ft. ; ht. 1 ft. 2 ins. ; 30-27 

 ins., on 154 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost— [Cheltenham, dist., 12 ms., 

 E. Severe from Jan. 14th to 18th, 10° ; and from 20th to 26th. 



Mm. Temps, and Dates — [Cheltenham, alt., 184 ft. ; Jan. 13th, 

 10°; 20th, -3°-3]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81-3 (1), 8 (2), 1 (3)-Cedrus Deodara, 

 unhurt since 1861, a few, 2. Cryptomeria Lobbii, top shoot kd., 2. 

 Cupressus macrocarpa, lower branches kd., 2 ; C. thurifera, one, 1 ; 

 and three, 2 ; C. Woolgariana, 1. Horsechesnuts, no blossom, 3. 

 Laurel, Bay, kd. to grd., 2. Laurel, common, in 1861 "terribly 

 injured," 2 ; L. Portugal, 2. Laurustinus, kd. to grd., 2, shooting 

 again, 2. Roses, one-fourth of stands., 1. 



Plants uninjured — Cryptomerias, Pavia, yellow and pink. 



Observations — Cedrus Deodara, in April about one-half seemed 

 nearly dead ; generally keeping a few green shoots at the top, but 

 all the lower parts were bare of leaves. In June most of them 

 shot out fresh leaves, but still left several branches dead. 



8. Gloucester, Highnam Court. — T. G. Parry, Esq. 

 Rainfall, 1880— [Gloucester, alt., 50 ? ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 32-33 ins.]. 

 Min. Temps, and Dates — [Cheltenham, dist., 10 ms. ; alt., 184 



ft.; Jan. 20th, -3°-3]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—29 (1), 29 (2), 35 (3)— Abies Dou- 

 glasii, 3. Aloysia citriodora, 1. Apples, 3. Apricots, 2. Aralia 

 Sieboldii, 1. Araucaria imbricata, tops killed where exposed to sharp 

 currents of cold wind, 3. Arbutus Unedo, 1. Artichoke, globe, 2. 



